Home Office

Immigrants: Compensation

lord ouseley: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the compensation scheme for the Windrush generation and others erroneously deemed to be illegally in the UK has been set up; when they expect it to be operational; and, if already operational, how many people have been compensated.

baroness williams of trafford: The compensation scheme for those of the Windrush generation that might have been affected is in the process of being established. The Government has launched a Call for Evidence to hear about the experiences of those that might have been affected, which closes on 8 June.The information gathered through the Call for Evidence will be used to inform the decisions on the design of the scheme, and Martin Forde QC has been appointed as an Independent Person to oversee that design.The Government will open the scheme as soon as possible once the design of the scheme has been completed and consulted on, and in the meanwhile will continue to work with affected individuals through the operation of the Windrush Taskforce to help establish their immigration status.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Empty Property

lord patten: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to publishregularly the numbers of unoccupied homes in each English local authority area.

lord bourne of aberystwyth: Statistics on vacant dwellings in England and in each local authority district are published in the Ministry’s live table 615 (attached) which is available at the following link. This table shows the annual total numbers of empty homes and those vacant longer than six months and also vacants in the local authority, housing association and other public sector tenures.https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacantsThe number of long-term vacant dwellings across England remains lower than when records began.



Table 615
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Armed Conflict: Interpreters

baroness coussins: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to table a resolution at the UN Security Council during the UK's presidency in August on the subject of the protection of interpreters and translators working in conflict zones.

lord ahmad of wimbledon: Her Majesty's Government has no plans to table a resolution on this subject.

Ministry of Defence

Clyde Naval Base

lord carlile of berriew: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the introduction, operation and effectiveness of the Future Accommodation Model for the accommodation of Royal Navy personnel and their families working and based at Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde, Faslane.

earl howe: Accommodation for our Service personnel is essential to the delivery of military capability. Ministry of Defence officials are preparing to test the Future Accommodation Model (FAM) through a pilot which we expect to launch at the end of the year. The pilot will allow us to test and refine the FAM, ensuring we have the right accommodation policy in place for the needs of Service personnel.

Aircraft Carriers

lord west of spithead: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any further consideration has been given to ensure Royal Navy and Royal Air Force air crews and maintenance crews embarked on the new aircraft carriers will work to the same Harmony Guidelines.

earl howe: When necessary to deliver the Carrier Strike capability, embarked jointly manned F-35B squadrons will operate to the same harmony guidelines.

Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft

lord west of spithead: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Voyager tanker aircraft are required to support the deployment of four F-35B fighter aircraft from the United States to the UK.

earl howe: Three Voyager aircraft were utilised to provide maximum operational flexibility and assurance.

Department of Health and Social Care

Leukaemia: Ibrutinib

lord mendelsohn: To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate NHS England has made of the number of people with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukaemia who will not receive ibrutinib as a result of the treatment’s Blueteq Approval Criteria published on the National Cancer Drugs Fund List.

lord o'shaughnessy: An estimate of the number of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia who will not receive treatment is not available. NHS England has advised that 828 patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia were registered to receive ibrutinib in 2017/18.

Care Homes

lord naseby: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many residential care homes there were in England in (1) 1997, (2) 2007, and (3) 2017.

lord naseby: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many residential care home beds there were in England in (1) 1997, (2) 2007, and (3) 2017.

lord o'shaughnessy: The number of residential care home beds and care homes data in 1997 is not held centrally. Available data shows that between 2007 and 2017 the total number of beds in care homes remains broadly static whilst over the same period the number of care homes has gone down. However, high quality care also includes domiciliary care which increased by 57% since 2010 for those people aged 65 and over who are cared for through local authority support in their own home. The following tables show residential care home beds and care homes numbers in England for 2007 and 2017. England31 March 20073 April 2017Beds in Residential Homes265,539238,684Beds in Nursing Homes182,920221,110Beds in Non-Medical Care Homes298N/ATotal care home beds448,757459,794England31 March 20073 April 2017Residential Homes14,57211,890Nursing Homes4,1194,502Non-Medical Care Homes18N/ATotal care homes18,70916,392 Sources: Commission for Social Care Inspection (2007), Care Quality Commission Care Directory With Filters.Note:Care homes that offer beds with nursing and beds without nursing are classified as nursing homes.